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Biography

Shin Woong-jae(신웅재) is a South Korean photojournalist base in New York and Seoul. He majored Linguistics and also studied Semiotics in Korea University in Seoul, South Korea before starting photography. His studies in semiotics led him to brand marketing, then he started his career in marketing and brand management in 2001.

After ten years of distinguished career in international brands like Nike and Montblanc, he decided to devote himself entirely to the world of photography hugely inspired by great photographers like Eugene Richards, Werner Bischof and Joseph Koudelka. He moved to New York for further study in photojournalism, and graduated from School of the International Center of Photography in 2012. He majored Documentary and Photojournalism course, and he was awarded the ICP’s Director Fellowship during his studies. After graduation, he interned at VII Photo Agency in New York in 2012.

As a photojournalist, Woong-jae focuses on human rights issues in social landscape. He deeply believes that a deliberately developed work awakens our minds, leads our senses to awareness and eventually inspires our souls and provoke a certain change.

He is a regular contributor to The Washington Post and his works have been published in international media like The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Bloomberg Businessweek, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde, The New Yorker, Foreign Policy, Forbes, Fortune, Nature and GQ Korea among others. His various works including long term projects are managed by Redux Pictures in New York.

Woong-jae is a participant of Eddie Adams Workshop in 2014 and an attendee of The New York Times Lens Portfolio Review in 2015. He was awarded Hillman Foundation Fellowship in 2014.